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COUNTRY PROFILE - Brunei Darussalam

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Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions {a} Brunei Darussalam Asia (excl. Middle East) World
(in thousand metric tons of CO2)
Total Emissions, 1998 5488 7360942 24215376
  Percent change since 1990 -6 % 38 % 8 %
Emissions as a percent of global CO2 production 0 % 30.4 %  
Emissions in 1998 from:
  solid fuels 0 4020884 8654368
  liquid fuels 1550 2304231 10160272
  gaseous fuels 3048 580898 4470080
  gas flaring 690 22391 172208
  cement manufacturing 199 432537 758448
         
Per capita CO2 emissions, 1998
  (thousand metric tons of CO2) 17 2 4
  Percent change since 1990 -23 % 19 % -2 %
CO2 emissions (in metric tons) per million
  dollars Gross Domestic Product {b}, 1998 966 X 773
  Percent change since 1990 -20 % X -10 %
Cumulative CO2 emissions, 1900-1999
  (in billion metric tons) 206 161972 933686
         
CO2 Emissions by Sector, 1999 {c} (in million metric tons of CO2)
Public electricity, heat production,
  and autoproducers 2 2697 8693
Other Energy Industries 2 312 1205
Manufacturing Industries and Construction 0 1915 4337
Transportation 1 943 5505
Residential 0 471 1802
Other Sectors {d} 0 580 5640
Total Emissions All Sectors: 5 6918 27180
         
CO2 Intensity, 1999
Emissions per total energy consumption
  (metric tons CO2 per terajoule energy) 56 56 56
Emissions per Gross Domestic Product {e}
  (metric tons of CO2/million $PPP) 988 540 582
         
Non-CO2 Air Pollution, thousand metric tons
Sulfur dioxide emissions, 1995 9 55129 141875
Nitrogen oxide emissions, 1995 15 28962 99271
Carbon monoxide emissions, 1995 168 258325 852415
Non-methane VOC emissions {f}, 1995 132 42036 159634
         
Multilateral Agreements Status as of September 2002
Data show the year each country ratified the agreement, unless labeled as "signed only".
Kyoto Protocol
United Nations Framework Convention
  on Climate Change (UNFCCC) not signed    
Vienna Convention 1990    
         
Other Resources:
Sustainable Development Country Profile of the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations:
http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index.asp?subj=2&iso3=
         
         
Footnotes:
Some footnotes are not incorporated here. Please refer to the Data Tables section of EarthTrends for a full listing.
a. Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC). b. Constant US dollars. c. Source: International Energy Agency (IEA).
d. Includes the commercial sector, agriculture, the public service sector, and international bunkers
e. GDP is in 1995 international dollars, adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity. f. VOC: Volatile Organic Compounds.
         
         
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